3.0.0 3104 2023-01-11T13:18:43Z 2023-01-11T13:18:43Z House H HR 2009-06-26 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-07T14:37:17Z Referred to 2009-06-26T13:10:50Z 2009-07-07 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 N S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2009-07-13 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2009-07-13 False B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2009-09-21 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2009-11-03 False Health Government information and archives Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Infectious and parasitic diseases Health 00 2009-06-26 Introduced in House 2009-11-20T22:08:21Z Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center (hospital), in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting protocols of the National Healthcare Safety Network, to report to the Network data on each health care-associated infection occurring in the hospital and patient demographic information that may affect such data.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promptly post data reported on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) public Internet site in a manner that promotes the comparison of data on each health care-associated infection: (1) among hospitals; and (2) by patient demographic information.

Directs the Secretary, for each year for which such data is reported, to submit to Congress a report that summarizes: (1) the number and types of health care-associated infections reported in hospitals; (2) factors that contribute to the occurrence of such infections; (3) the number of certified infection control professionals on staff; (4) the total increases or decreases in health care costs that resulted from changes in infection rates; and (5) recommendations for best practices to eliminate such infections.

Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each knowing violation of the reporting requirement by a hospital.

Expresses the sense of Congress that health care providers and facilities should take measures to reduce the rate of occurrence of health care-associated infections to zero.

]]> Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 Display Title Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3104ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3104ih.xml 2009-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.